Brassiere



E. HOLT BRASSIERE s'e i', 25, 1956 Filed April 4, 1955 labvm if lINVENTOR.

ATTORNEY United States Patent BRASSIERE Ethel Holt, Dallas, Tex.

Application April 4, 1955, Serial No. 498,935

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-42) This invention relates to useful improvements andcertain features of construction in brassieres.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a brassiere in whicha shoulder strap forms an integral part of each of the pockets, whichproduces a decided strengthening of the lift particularly in heavybreasts, reduces the tendency to slip off the shoulder and avoidscutting, ridging or marking of the shoulder flesh.

Another object of the invention is to insure maintenance of the shape ofthe brassiere and increase its comfort by cutting out the garmententirely on the straight of the material.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a brassiere whichgives the busts of the wearer a more natural look and greater comfort byforming the pocket portions with radial darts converging to the centerof each pocket portion.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a four-piecebrassiere which molds to the body and does not Wrinkle or roll up underthe bust.

It is also the purpose of the invention to afford a convenient mediumfor alteration of the pocket or underarm portions of the brassiere byshaping the side and back portions upwardly toward the points wherethese portions are joined to the pocket portions.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends said inventionthen consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularlypointed out in the claim.

Other objects and features of the invention will become apparent fromthe following description when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of one of the pockets and integral shoulder strap ofa brassiere embodying the present invention, in extended position.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the matching pocket and integral shoulderstrap.

Figure 3 is a view of the section which connects the two matchingpockets of the brassieres.

Figures 4 and 5 show matching side-back sections of the garment, and

Figure 6 is a view of the brassiere modeled to the body.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionincludes two identical blanks defining matching pockets generallyindicated by reference numerals 10 and 11, having integral shoulderstraps 12 and 13, respectively. The blanks forming the pockets andstraps are of identical contour and are formed by cutting the blankdefining each matching shoulder strap and pocket entirely on thestraight of the material. The darts or tucks 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Figures 1and 2 converge to sharp points in the approximate center of the blanks10 and 11 and the pairs of lines 1', 2', 3 and 4 radiating from thecenter of blank 10, when brought together and sewed, form the darts 1,2, 3 and 4 which, in turn form the pocket 10. In like manner the darts5, 6, 7 and 8 of blank 11 are formed by drawing the material togetherand sewing along the pairs of radiating lines 5', 6', 7 and 8. Thepockets so formed receive and properly shape and support the busts insuch manner as to present a natural appear ance.

The center-front section 14, Figure 3, is secured to the two pockets 10and 11 along corresponding lines a, a and b, b after the darts or tucks3 and 5 have been formed. Likewise, the two side-back sections 15 and16, Figures 5 and 4, respectively, are sewed along corresponding lines0, c and d, d to portions 17 and 18 identified as the sidefront portionsof the pockets it) and 11, respectively, thus to form the completebrassiere of unusual shape and perfect mold as shown in Figure 6. Thedotted lines adjacent the margins of the blanks 10 and 11, the straps 12and 13, the center-front section 14 and the side-back sections 15 and 16indicate stitching of the hems.

By virtue of the particular shape of the side-back sections 15 and 16and the manner in which these sections are cut to conform with theV-shaped recesses formed by the angles of the lines 0, c and d, d,alteration of the underarm portions and pockets of the brassiere aremade easy.

Shown herein and described is a preferred embodiment of the invention,but it should be understood that there is no intent to confine theinvention to the precise detailed construction herein set out and theright is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within thescope of the invention as defined in the following claim.

What is claimed is:

A brassiere comprising a pair of pocket sections, each consisting of ablank of irregular contour and having darts therein formed by radialseams converging and meeting at the approximate center of the blank toform a substantially cone shaped pocket, said darts forming on oppositesides of said pocket a substantially V-shaped recess, a shoulder strapforming an integral part of each of said pockets at the tops thereof, acenter section having opposing, substantially V-shaped edges joined tothe confronting and correspondingly shaped edges of said pockets and apair of side-back sections, each having an end conformably secured toeach pocket in the V-shaped recess therein opposite said center section.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,971,113 Maier Aug. 21, 1934 2,440,795 Clark May 4, 1948 FOREIGNPATENTS 752,213 France July 10, 1933

